The more clearly you see the arising and passing of phenomena, the less you will be attached to them.

The time of the past becomes the present, the time of the present becomes the future, the time of the future becomes the present, and the time of the present becomes the past.

Sleep is the best meditation.

Your work is to discover your work and then with all your heart to give yourself to it.

Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace.

Our own life has to be our message.

When concentration is developed, wisdom arises. When wisdom arises, one becomes disenchanted with the five aggregates.

Worry pretends to be necessary but serves no useful purpose.

The ultimate revolution is the spiritual revolution, where we learn to see reality as it truly is.

If we learn to open our hearts, anyone, including the people who drive us crazy, can be our teacher.

The Buddha's teaching is a teaching of self-reliance, of being one's own master, one's own refuge.

The things that matter most in our lives are not fantastic or grand. They are the moments when we touch one another.

The best way to solve a problem is to help someone else solve their problem.

Meditation is not an escape from life but a way to fully engage with life.

The key to happiness is inner peace. The greatest obstacles to inner peace are disturbing emotions such as anger, attachment, fear and suspicion.

Kindness is the solution to all of life's problems.

The mind is like a wild monkey, jumping here and there. But through meditation, we learn to see whatever arises in our mind with more spaciousness and clarity.

Mindfulness is being aware of what's going on, not trying to control what's going on.

Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive.

Compassion is not a sign of weakness but a sign of strength.

Breathing in, I calm body and mind. Breathing out, I smile.

Happiness is not the pursuit of an endless succession of experiences but an attitude toward life.

The key to the Buddha's teaching is not grasping, not trying to hold onto things that are essentially impermanent and unstable.

Just as the great ocean has one taste, the taste of salt, so also this teaching and discipline has one taste, the taste of liberation.

As rain breaks through an ill-thatched house, passion will break through an unreflecting mind.

Faith is the firm foundation, diligence the supporting pillar, and wisdom the roof of the house of practice.

Genuine happiness comes from having developed basic human qualities, such as attention, emotional balance, and generosity.

The ultimate source of happiness is not money and power, but warm-heartedness.

The restraint of the senses is not a matter of suppression but of wise attention to our experience.

The purpose of meditation is not to create a mental vacuum but to come to know one's own mind.

Everything that has a beginning has an ending. Make your peace with that and all will be well.

Every sensation shares the same characteristic - arising, passing. Arising, passing. Learn to observe objectively.

The ultimate source of a happy life is warm-heartedness. This means extending to others the kind of concern we have for ourselves.